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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the chief competitor to the tangled bank theory and lottery theory?
(a) The Blue Book Theory.
(b) The tangled bank and lottery theory have no competition.
(c) The Red Queen Theory.
(d) The King's Theory.

2. What have anthropologists found to be a universal characteristic of humans across different cultures?
(a) Desire.
(b) Hate.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Depression.

3. Are sexually reproducing organisms able to compete with asexually reproducing organisms?
(a) Occasionally.
(b) Yes, always.
(c) No, never.
(d) Only when they are genetically engineered.

4. Why are female chimps extremely promiscuous in large social groups?
(a) Males will not know which child is his, so he will protect all of them.
(b) They want to have many father options.
(c) They enjoy sex.
(d) It is part of choosing the most ideal mate.

5. What is the bdelloid rotifer?
(a) A genetically engineered organism.
(b) A microscopic animal that can live in any kind of water.
(c) An organism that lacks certain genes.
(d) A type of animal that produces asexually.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the lottery theory?

2. What do males want in sexual partners?

3. Why does the author think that there is now so much monogamy in humans?

4. When do women tend to have affairs?

5. To understand human nature, what must we understand?

(see the answer key)

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